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Rabindra Nath Sinha
Imponderables Mark Start of Jute Year, Rise in Mills’ Capacity Use a Silver Lining
14 Jul 2020
Kolkata: Although the new jute year 2020-21 started on July 1 as usual, yet even a preliminary, somewhat dependable estimate of the crop size is dicey this time round as supercyclone Amphan and und
Hiren Gohain
Surgical Strikes on Coronavirus in Assam and Beyond
05 Jul 2020
There’s utter mismanagement, so people are clueless. Some are terror-struck and others gadding about with masks dangling from their necks.
Apurba K Baruah
Law Regulates But Politics Governs: The Sad Case of Akhil Gogoi
24 Jun 2020
This practice of re-arresting the accused in old cases, when the charge sheets could not be filed in any major charges, is an attempt at circumventing the judicial scrutiny of executive actions.
Hiren Gohain
Development Versus Environment: Dilemma or Death Trap?
19 Jun 2020
These days it is difficult to distinguish the legitimate from the criminal elements, so it is up to the Supreme Court to rebuke and punish the guilty parties.
Noihrit Gogoi and Urnisha Swargari
Assam Oil Well Blast Ground Report: Locals Angry Over Loss of Biodiversity and Livelihood
10 Jun 2020
An oil well at Baghjan, Assam caught fire on June 9 following a blast in the oil field.
Smriti Rekha Singha
COVID-19 in Rural India-XXXV: How Assam’s Atugaon Is Coping With Lockdown
13 May 2020
This is the 35th report in a series that provides glimpses into the impact of COVID-19-related policies on life in rural India.
ICF Team
Assam and CAA: Timeline from Assam Accord of 1985 Till Now
12 Mar 2020
In Meghalaya, the fear that those excluded by Assam’s NRC will arrive in Shillong leads to protests, still ongoing, which turn violent.
Sandeep Pandey
Convert Detention Centres Into Schools or Hospitals
09 Mar 2020
To verify the claims made by the Prime Minister, a Yatra was then organised from Rajghat in Delhi to Matia in Goalpara, Assam, in the last week of February.
Newsclick Report
Assam Lecturer Arrested for FB Posts Alleging BJP-RSS’s Role in Delhi Violence
29 Feb 2020
Even though Sengupta had issued an apology, the college premises erupted with demonstrations by students demanding his termination, following which he has resigned.
Newsclick Report
Assam Govt’s Move to Identify ‘Indigenous’ Muslims ‘Divisive’
26 Feb 2020
This is also a ploy of the BJP-led Assam state government to counteract the stiff resistance being offered in the state to the new citizenship law (CAA) which contradicts the Assam Accord.